Martin Saunders, co-vocalist with the Twang, has given his nod of approval to this morning’s grand banishing of Steve McClaren.

Sacked a couple of hours ago by the FA’s top brass, McClaren has been described as a “twat” to NME.com by the ‘aver, who said of last night’s Wembley defeat to Croatia: "it's fucking gutting, isn't it? But I woke up and heard that McClaren's gone and I feel a bit boosted by that."

"We were dead cert to go out before and Israel did us a favour,” continued Saunders, referring to Israel’s defeat of Russia at the weekend. “It seemed like anything was possible. But last night it felt like we were fucked."